Bryan Cranston performing as Howard Beale in Network (National Theatre, 2018) My first two Playback blogs were centered around exploring an area of media convergence that…
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The opening credits of David Gordon Green’s sequel to Halloween directly mirror the original – John Carpenter’s iconic theme song plays against a black screen,…
In May, Spike Lee took his place on the Palais steps at the Cannes Film Festival alongside Star Wars’ actor Adam Driver and Denzel Washington’s…
When you start 13 Reasons Why season 2, you are required to watch a series of friendly-faced actors from the show warn you about the content…
“Wii would like to play” is a slogan from the first series of North American commercials for the new Nintendo console in November 2006. The…
Danis Goulet’s (Cree/Metis) film The Hunt is a 6-minute live action virtual reality/immersive film that screened at the ImagineNATIVE film festival in 2017. The film…
A woman you’ve never met before is gently inserting a large purple feather into your ear. She’s staring right into your eyes as the feather…